100 Great Artists

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Grunew~ld studied under the •• me I'fUmincnt figu'""', both Catholic .nd l'm'e>t:tnL

mOS!!:r. Wk" C,.,n..,h mOl"d to Vienn. in In \ \r,"enberg, Cnn..,h bcc.mc • do",

ISO!, he plt.l"""d ",,) fine I.l<tr.its, one of ,he friend of ,\ I.:t n in L uther a nd dc.<igocd ,..oodcut

R<""l< o(Vienn. Un~'<-rsitr .nd ,he o, her of ,he illu;;,n,inn' for ,he first Ne .. · ' Ihtammt in the

",iii:: of the I'rob,,,, of La .. ·. lie .Iso pain!!:d his Crtman 10 nguage. The Re~Jn" .. i()n signalled.

e.rlie>, religiou, ,ubj"'" 711, Rm '"' ,b, Fligb, nCw en in maSS cOl1lmunic:uions ,..i,h

iruo Egypt, in the "ric of the llinuhc St"'><~. the coming of the printing P"'''; Il«. ,,(),ing

Cnnach h.d d<":trlr esttbli,J",1 his the rapid ci rmJ.tion of ideos. Arti,,, lil e

rq)!Jtation when in 1505 he .. -..s im'ited to C,.,nach and Durer Soon di«'o,,,n::d th., the

\\r,ttenbcrg os CAJurt p,in"'r .nd dil~om .. ic mcch.nic.1 reproduc'ion of thcir pictures

"b",nt n) Fn::dcridthe \\lsc.llisas.«ri .. ion with .f~",k,1 thelll .n ext,., _ .nd ,'er}, I..,,.,ti,.., _

the EI<'CI(l<SofS,,-<on},wo • .dd ")min",, ~".b"o., ()!J,1et to. ,..id", au,~eoce.

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